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Sea levels could rise 27 centimeters more than predicted and put an additional 132 million people in the danger zone by 2100, according to a new and alarming estimate
It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefs
Scientists can’t believe it: an experimental drug helped mice with advanced Alzheimer’s disease regain their memory and ability to learn by restoring a key energy molecule in the brain
An asteroid located about 300 million kilometers away contained the five basic letters of DNA and RNA, and the discovery once again calls into question the idea that life began only on Earth
From marine pest to business opportunity, the curious initiative involving the Rapana venosa could transform a problem that has been worsening for years into a new source of income for fishermen.
Malaysia replaced streetlights with roads that glow in the dark, but this futuristic idea—which promised to revolutionize night driving—ended up running into a very down-to-earth problem
Alaska wants to resume helicopter bear “trapping” across an area of nearly 40,000 square miles to save the caribou, but the courts could block the plan before May
The Candida auris fungus is once again setting off alarms in hospitals across New York and New Jersey due to its drug resistance and the speed at which it can worsen the situation
The new paradigm of drought on the Colorado River reveals that vegetation consumes groundwater when it is hotter, which could leave less flow for millions of people
A reward of up to $200,000 is being offered to anyone who proposes a solution to stop the spread of these invasive mussels in California before the problem worsens
Wild boars have been wreaking havoc on crops for years in what appears to be a random manner, but 9,871 reports of damage now reveal that their incursions follow a surprisingly predictable pattern
There is already a flight-tested hypersonic missile that, for the first time, runs on storable liquid fuel, and that small technical detail could mean a major shift in defense
On March 16, Shadow starred in one of the season’s most brutal moments when he spun through the air to defend the eggs in the Big Bear nest from an unexpected intruder
More and more drivers are wrapping their car keys in aluminum foil, and the reason has a lot to do with silent thefts that can occur in a matter of seconds without breaking in
Forty-three years ago, a few ground squirrels were released into the area devastated by the eruption of Mount St. Helens, and now scientists believe they were the unexpected heroes of the ecosystem’s recovery
From the United States to Australia, via Brazil and India: a world map showing the places where snakes have been observed devouring members of their own species
Earth’s first major extinction event was worse than we thought and may have wiped out nearly 80% of species 550 million years ago









